Question

Maria sells flowers at the local farmers' market each week. Last week, Maria sold 140 bouquets of flowers. This number is 116 less than twice the number of bouquets Maria sold the week before. How many bouquets did Maria sell the week before? Let b represent the number of bouquets Maria sold the week before.

A.140 = 2b + 116; b = 12 bouquets
B.116 = - 140 - 2b; b = -128 bouquets
C.116 = 140 + 2b; b = - 12 bouquets
D.140 = 2b - 116; b = 128 bouquets

Answer 1

D

Answer 2

Medal?